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Oct 4, 2019 · While the Joker ending may seem fairly clear-cut at first glance, dig a little deeper and you’ll see a few loose threads still dangling by the time Arthur makes his curtain call.
- Bradley Russell
- What Happens at The End of Joker?
- A Literal Interpretation of Joker
- Joker's Unreliable Narrator
- Lingering Joker Questions
- A Third Option?
- So What Really Happened?
The snowball that is the ending begins to pick up speed when Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck gets a phone call from the Murray Franklin Show, the late night Tonight Show-style talk show hosted by Robert De Niro's character. He's Arthur's idol, so even though Franklin had used video of Arthur's lack of comedic skill as a punchline on the show, he agr...
The simplest way to explain Jokeris, of course, a straightforward reading of everything that we've seen. There are some problems with doing that, but we'll get there. In this reading, Arthur's killing of three Wall Street bankers begins a grass roots movement against the wealthy in Gotham City, which is happening in the background while Arthur goes...
The problem with reading Jokerin a straightforward fashion is Joker himself. Arthur Fleck has already proven himself, long before the end of the movie, to be an unreliable narrator. There are two aspects that draw us to this conclusion in the film. First, early in the movie, we see Arthur envision himself as a part of the Murray Franklin television...
Neither of these interpretations are entirely clear cut and both leave some questions worth considering. If we believe that everything we see here happened just as we see it, it leaves a pretty big question mark as to how Arthur Fleck ended up institutionalized. How he did he go from being rescued by literal Joker henchman to being in handcuffs in ...
Perhaps the real answer lies somewhere in between. The fact is that neither of these options is mutually exclusive. Perhaps the movie we just witnessed has all taken place inside Arthur Fleck's mind, but it's more memory than fantasy. The events could have all happened, but we're seeing them through the lens of a troubled man, and thus we're not se...
There are answers to these questions, but they're certainly not definitive answers. In the end, it seems clear that the point of Joker's ending is that it not be clear cut, so that fans can debate the topic. So, let's do that. What do you think? Did the events of Jokeras we see them really happen or was everything in Arthur's head? Was it some comb...
Oct 3, 2024 · This story contains major spoilers for Joker: Folie à Deux, including discussion of the ending. Want to hear a joke? The ending of Joker: Folie à Deux is probably the thing that audiences are ...
Oct 4, 2024 · What the bleak closing scene of Todd Phillips' Joker sequel means for its titular character's origin story.
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- Megan McCluskey
Oct 11, 2019 · The film’s ambiguous nature and provocative ending has prompted an array of takes from IGN’s editors on what the ending of Joker could mean.
Jun 13, 2021 · What makes the Joker ending so instantly iconic? The answer lies in director Todd Phillips’ use of form, theme and social commentary, all of which become clear upon further analysis. Watch: Joker Murray Scene Breakdown
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Sep 19, 2023 · After he tells Murray to call him Joker — the name he'd called Arthur after seeing his viral standup clip — Phoenix's character stutters through some jokes during the telecast. His mood shifts...
